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 Post subject: What causes partition table corruption?
PostPosted: August 10th, 2014, 10:28 
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On a healthy drive, what causes partition table corruption?
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 Post subject: Re: What causes partition table corruption?
PostPosted: August 10th, 2014, 13:23 
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Could be many things.
Bad sectors, bad heads, bad power supply, bad motherboard, power surge, virus, etc...

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 Post subject: Re: What causes partition table corruption?
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 Post subject: Re: What causes partition table corruption?
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If you've got no malware and have all the relevant drivers installed correctly, then considering SMART (iltraDMA errs), most often it's an unstable power supply or a damaged data cable.
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